45% of Americans Say U.S. Should Be a ‘Christian Nation’
But they hold differing opinions about what that phrase means, and two-thirds of U.S. adults say churches should keep out of politics.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
But they hold differing opinions about what that phrase means, and two-thirds of U.S. adults say churches should keep out of politics.
We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
Many in the region practice ancestor veneration and say it is important to follow traditional funeral practices.
Read how demographic factors – age composition, life expectancy and fertility rates – and religious switching changed the global religious landscape.
As American families have evolved, there is no longer one dominant family form in the United States. More and more commonly, families consist of fewer children, single parents or same-sex marriages. Amid these changes, the public is fairly accepting of diverse family arrangements, though they favor some more than others. Americans tend to be more accepting of […]
Few pray daily, but many pray at least occasionally and offer respects to certain religious figures.
A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
Very few Americans (5%) say that the way Hamas carried out its Oct. 7 attack against Israel was acceptable, but a somewhat larger share (22%) view Hamas’ reasons for fighting Israel as valid. Responding to a parallel set of questions about Israel, most Americans (58%) describe Israel’s reasons for fighting Hamas as valid, but the […]
How does one go about counting the number of spiritual people in the United States? And how do Americans define spirituality? In preparation for this survey, we reviewed the academic literature on spirituality and consulted with scholars who have published on the topic. It quickly became clear that there is no single, widely accepted definition […]
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